SILC Toolkit 'silcutil.c' Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:28101

Info

SILC Toolkit 'silcutil.c' Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28101
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2008-1227
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 02 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 30 2008 09:27PM
Credit: Nathan G. Grennan discovered this issue.
Vulnerable: SILC Toolkit 1.1.5
SILC Toolkit 1.1.4
SILC Toolkit 1.1.3
SILC Toolkit 1.1.2
SILC Toolkit 1.1.1
SILC Toolkit 1.1
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.3
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: SILC Toolkit 1.1.6

Discussion

SILC Toolkit 'silcutil.c' Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SILC Toolkit is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input.

Successfully exploiting this issue may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application. Failed exploit attempts will cause denial-of-service conditions.

This issue affects versions prior to SILC Toolkit 1.1.6.

Exploit / POC

SILC Toolkit 'silcutil.c' Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

SILC Toolkit 'silcutil.c' Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Fixes are available. Please see the references for more information.


SILC Toolkit 1.1

SILC Toolkit 1.1.1

SILC Toolkit 1.1.2

SILC Toolkit 1.1.3

SILC Toolkit 1.1.4

SILC Toolkit 1.1.5

References

SILC Toolkit 'silcutil.c' Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report